Chapter 22 Conquering the gangsters (280
After getting off the boat, Liu Zhi, who was carrying a bamboo and rattan box, did not take the carriage at the pier. Instead, he carried the death staff and walked out of the pier casually.
In Alexandria, Liu Zhi felt a completely different style from the cities he had encountered before. The city in front of him was full of nineteenth-century Egyptian style. Except for the large lighthouse on Pharos Island, the entire city did not exceed three floors.
building.
All buildings are about three to two stories tall, made of relatively thick earth, and the whole city has an earthy color.
Pedestrians walking on the street mostly wear linen. It can be seen from their clothing that it must be very hot at noon in this city.
In some places where the sun does not shine, some poor-looking people are sitting in the shadows, looking at the passers-by with strange eyes.
Passers-by like Liu Zhi, who were obviously dressed as fat sheep, were naturally targeted by them.
Without Liu Zhi noticing, several people winked at each other in the shadows and followed behind secretly.
Liu Zhi didn't seem to notice that there were a few more little tails behind him, and he was still walking forward, but after a while, he got lost in the chaotic neighborhood of Alexandria.
The few who were following him quickly chased after him, but when they reached a dead end, they found that Liu Zhi was missing.
They looked at each other, wondering what was going on.
At this moment, Liu Zhi's voice sounded behind them, "Are you looking for me?"
Those few people were startled, and as soon as they turned around, they saw a wind blade flying from a distance, and Liu Zhi, holding a bronze dagger in his hand, cut off a person's head.
Then he pointed at the guys who wanted to escape with a bronze dagger and said: "I need to find a helper, alive."
Liu Zhi's meaning was obvious. If they were unwilling to help, then the one whose head was cut off would be their fate.
Seeing the wind blade slowly appearing on Liu Zhi's bronze dagger, these people immediately became scared.
One of them said: "Sir, we are just trying to make ends meet, please let us go."
Liu Zhi took a step forward, appeared in front of the man, and raised the man's chin with his bronze dagger, "If you want to make a living, I will give you a bite of food. I am not familiar with the place here."
, we need help from local snakes like you, so you don’t have to worry about your own fate."
The more Liu Zhi smiled and spoke calmer, the more uneasy those people became, especially the one whose chin was raised by Liu Zhi's bronze dagger. He kept pulling his head back for fear of Liu Zhi.
Zhi accidentally cut off his head.
Liu Zhi shook his left hand, inserted the death staff into the ground, and then threw a handful of gold coins onto the ground.
"Don't worry, as long as you do what I tell you honestly, your money will not be lost, and your lives will not be lost either."
Looking at the gold coins still rolling on the ground, these people couldn't help but swallow their saliva. The one who was picked up by Liu Zhi with the bronze dagger said: "Sir, if you have any requests, please tell me, we will definitely be able to do it."
"Very good, I need you to find out about the largest pawn shop in Alexandria, which one is called..."
"Golden chrysanthemum." One of them said immediately.
"Yes, that's the one. Go and find out. About a week ago, someone pawned a ring with a ruby the size of a little finger. Go and ask who pawned it, alive or dead.
If anyone redeems this gem, you’ll have them killed.”
Although they didn't know why Liu Zhi did this, seeing that they had a chance to survive and earn some extra money, these gangsters quickly agreed.
Liu Zhi didn't explain much. He threw the money away and disappeared in front of these people.
After confirming the news about Liu Zhizhen, the gangsters breathed a sigh of relief, and they flew towards the gold coins thrown on the ground.
One of the gangsters even put the gold coin in his mouth to test whether it was real or fake.
He bit the gold coin and said, "Black Eyes, are we dreaming?"
"No, this is a real gold coin, and it is Caesar I. It is a gold coin only used by the great nobles. I heard that one Caesar I can be exchanged for three Cleopatra. There are so many gold coins here, we distributed them."
"But do we really want to help that person keep an eye on the golden chrysanthemums? That is the territory of the Persians, we..."
"Otherwise, he has already given us money to buy our lives. Even if our lives are sold, if we don't work hard, we may not even be able to live well. So if any of you are not willing, then just keep the money."
, there are many brothers on this street who want to work hard but can’t find a place.”
The gangster who had been provoked by Liu Zhi with a bronze dagger now pretended to be righteous, pointing at his friend and saying, if he had not swept all the gold coins on the ground to his feet,
His appearance might be more convincing.
However, not everyone was convinced by him. One of them took a stick from the ground and prepared to give him a hard blow.
At this moment, Liu Zhi suddenly appeared in front of them again. Looking at the situation in front of him, he couldn't help but smile.
The next moment, all the gangsters who had been trying to grab the gold coins all knelt back, including the black-eyed guy who was there before and said something righteously.
Liu Zhi smiled at them, "Don't be nervous, I just came here to ask for directions, but looking at you now, it seems that you don't have a leader, so it will be you. I will talk to you directly in the future. If you
If he dies, then I will send a few of them to find you."
Liu Zhi pointed at the black eyes and said casually.
Upon hearing this, Black Eyes immediately fell to the ground. He understood that with Liu Zhi's words, his life was saved. At least the gangsters in front of him did not dare to joke with their own lives.
Then Liu Zhi pointed the death stick at Black Eyes, "Okay, I'm here to ask for directions. Does anyone know where the Great Library is?"
Upon hearing this, Black Eyes quickly said: "I know, I know, I will take you there."
"No, just appoint someone who knows the way to take me there. It's best if he's familiar with this area."
"Don't worry, we are all familiar with this area. In this way, you can take Sir Xiao Liu with you. Don't worry, Sir. He is a famous local snake. Not to mention the big library, even in the desert outside the city.
I can bring you back safely."
Chapter completed!